title: Dimensions of perceived racism and self-reported health: examination of racial/ethnic differences and potential mediators.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Many details of the negative relationship between perceived racial/ethnic discrimination and health are poorly understood.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to examine racial/ethnic differences in the relationship between perceived discrimination and self-reported health, identify dimensions of discrimination that drive this relationship, and explore psychological mediators.
  
  
  METHODS
  Asian, Black, and Latino(a) adults (N=734) completed measures of perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, self-reported health, depression, anxiety, and cynical hostility.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The association between perceived discrimination and poor self-reported health was significant and did not differ across racial/ethnic subgroups. Race-related social exclusion and threat/harassment uniquely contributed to poor health for all groups. Depression, anxiety, and cynical hostility fully mediated the effect of social exclusion on health, but did not fully explain the effect of threat.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that noxious effects of race-related exclusion and threat transcend between-group differences in discriminatory experiences. The effects of race-related exclusion and threat on health, however, may operate through different mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY, USA. brondole@stjohns.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brondolo
authors.forename: Leslie R M
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Hausmann
authors.forename: Juhee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jhalani
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pencille
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Atencio-Bacayon
authors.forename: Asha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Jasmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kwok
authors.forename: Jahanara
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ullah
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Crupi
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D057566:Self Report; D012938:Social Perception; D013240:Stereotyping